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(also known as Mesalazine, Pentasa, Canasa, Rowasa)
Mesalamine is used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis. It works inside the bowel by helping to reduce the inflammation and other symptoms of the disease.
Mesalamine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certai... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Crohn's Disease & Ulcer... | 629 |
66% |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrom... | 31 |
58% |
| Diverticulitis | 1 |
100% |
| Depression - Teen | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 65% (662
Members)
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Asacol Reviews
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I guess it helps some but I still experience flare-ups.
Working / Worked
he says it is working, but i think he takes it til the flares stop, then he stops taking it again.
Working / Worked
Have been taking 800mg asacol tid for the the past 6 mnths- so i guess it must b doin some gud :-)
Working / Worked
I been taking between 9-12 a day since I was diagosned.
Working / Worked
It works as a maintenance medication though I do still have flare-ups. I have experiences no side effects.
Working / Worked
Pentasa has been great for me. Can't say I can think of any side effects from it at this time.
Working / Worked
Presently taking 500 mg of Pentasa 4 x daily. No side affects noticed. Wondering if it is required though.
Working / Worked
worked for a short while.
Working / Worked
Rowasa. Works well most of the time although I wish it came in another form that was oral instead :(
Working / Worked
Worked for a while and then stopped.
Working / Worked
none so far
Working / Worked
as a daily treatment it works ok, but not when in a flair up.
Working / Worked
Great med. No side effects at all.
Working / Worked
Asacol seems OK
Working / Worked
helped some but doctor couldn't keep me on too long he said
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Discussions
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Pentasa?
You can break it up, but it will lose some of its efficacy. It says Pentasa CR for a reason. The shell is for Controlled Release. It gets to your ... [More] -
Pentasa vs. Asacol
Pentasa is more geared towards Crohn's patients because it releases the medicine in the ileum. Asacol tends to release in the colon. Depending one w... [More] -
Pentasa vs. Asacol
I have been on Pentasa since I was first diagnosed. It has worked for me wonderfully. I know that at first my GI tried Asacol on me but wasn't havin... [More] -
Pentasa vs. Asacol
Hello there, everyone, I just wanted to ask if anyone had any feedback on the effectiveness of Pentasa vs. Asacol. I'm curious if Pentasa has been ... [More] -
Costly Pentasa?
Pentasa is asacol....has soo many different names...my crohns docs call it asacol but at the GP's for repeat prescription they say whats that one im l... [More]
